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cational and vocational training to male inmates.
Prisoners who are not amenable to treatment pro-
grams either remain in or are transferred to the
Maryland Correctional Institution—Hagerstown.
A Work Release Center occupies a separate fa-
cility on the institutional grounds. It has a rated
capacity of 75 beds and houses those inmates on
the Work Release Program and several inmates who
are part of the institutional cadre. Another mini-
mum security unit, opened in 1977, has a rated
capacity of 128 beds.
MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
William L. Smith, Warden
P.O. Box 534
Jessup, MD 20794 (410) 799-0100
The Maryland House of Correction is the second
oldest prison in the State. Authorized in 1874 and
opened in 1879, it is a medium-security institution
for men serving sentences of three months or longer
(Chapter 233, Acts of 1874). The prison is situated
on 800 acres south of MD Route 175 between U.S.
Route 1 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in
both Anne Arundel and Howard counties.
MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION—JESSUP
Eugene M. Nuth, Warden
P.O. Box 549
Jessup, MD 20794 (410) 799-7610
The Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup
was opened in 1981 as an annex to the Maryland
House of Correction. Now, the Institution is a sepa-
rate facility sharing certain services with the House of
Correction. The Institution is a medium-security
prison with a rated capacity of 512 male inmates
serving sentences of three months or longer.
MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN—JESSUP
James A. Carter, Sr., Warden
P.O. Box 535
Jessup, MD 20794 (410) 799-5550
In the nineteenth century, women prisoners first
were housed in quarters reserved for them at the
Maryland Penitentiary. The Maryland House of
Correction, opened in 1879, also was built with
separate quarters for women. Although advocated
by the Maryland Penitentiary Penal Commission in
1913, not until 1939 did the State construct a
separate prison for women.
In 1937, State debt was authorized to build a
separate prison for women on land adjacent to the
House of Correction (Chapter 487, Acts of 1937). A
grant from the federal Works Progress Administration
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augmented State funds and construction began in
1939. What is now the Maryland Correctional In-
stitution for Women—Jessup received its first pris-
oners on October 1, 1940, and formally was
established in 1941 as the Women's Prison of the
State of Maryland (Chapter 71, Acts of 1941). The
Prison was renamed Maryland State Reformatory
for Women in 1945 (Chapter 520, Acts of 1945).
In 1962, it became the Maryland Institution for
Women and adopted its present name in 1964.
The Reception-Diagnostic Classification Center at
the Institution receives all adult women who have been
convicted of felonies and misdemeanors and sentenced
to the jurisdiction of the State for terms of six months
to life. After classification at the Center, women inmates
are transferred to a prison to complete their sentences.
EASTERN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
Vacancy, Warden
P.O. Box 500, Route 1
Westover, MD 21871 (410) 651-9000
Located in Somerset County, the Eastern Correc-
tional Institution was opened in 1987. The Institution
is a medium- and maximum-security prison for men
with a rated capacity for 1,440 inmates.
MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
PRE-RELEASE SYSTEM
Thomas R. Corcoran, Warden
P.O. Box 537
Administration Building
Jessup, MD 20794 (410) 799-1363
The Maryland Correctional Pre-Release System op-
erates one medium-security facility, three minimum-se-
curity units, and six pre-release units that provide work
and other rehabilitation for men, and one pre-release
unit that provides such services for women. These
facilities mainly house inmates in the Work Release
Program. Before assignment to a pre-release unit, in-
mates are carefully screened at the Reception Center or
at the institutions to which they are assigned.
The minimum-security pre-release units originated
in 1955 as work camps (Chapter 266, Acts of 1955).
Later, they became known as correctional camps
(Code 1957, Art. 27, sec. 689(f)). In 1972, the camps
were renamed community correctional centers (Chap -
ter 464, Acts of 1972). Four years later, they were
reorganized as community adult rehabilitation centers
(Chapter 234, Acts of 1976). In July 1978, the com-
munity adult rehabilitation centers were placed under
the Correctional Pre-Release System. They were re-
named pre-release units in September 1978.
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